Weekend Festival 2025
The 2025 Weekend Festival will take place on August 1-2, 2025 at Vermo Arena (Valjakkotie 1, 02600 Espoo, Finland). Tickets are on sale here.
Age limit
The festival is for adults only (R-18). Customers must prove their age with an official ID card at the festival gates. Weekend Festival will not return tickets purchased for minors.
Vermo’s Nearby Residents
We want to acknowledge Vermo’s nearby residents for any potential noise disturbances. Apply for the nearby resident discount here.
Volunteers
As a volunteer, you’ll get a behind-the-scenes look at the festival and experience Weekend Festival from a unique perspective. You’ll gain new experiences, meet amazing people, and play an essential role in making the event happen.
Volunteering is unpaid and based on goodwill. For each 6-hour shift, you will receive a personal volunteer wristband after your shift, which grants you access to the festival area for one day. You can work as many shifts as you like.
Anyone who is at least 18 years old by the start of the festival is welcome to apply.
There are volunteer roles available in various teams, including construction, dismantling, production support, backstage, cleaning, wristband exchange, accreditation, and customer service. Full guidance is provided for all roles, and no previous experience is required.
Volunteer applications for Weekend Festival 2025 are now open – apply here!
Wristband Information
Wristbands allow free movement in and out of the festival area, except during the last hour of the festival. Gates close at 11 PM each day, after which entry is not allowed.
General access tickets will not be exchanged to wristbands, and they are scanned at the entrance for single entry per day. All Plus, Priority, VIP and Diamond tickets will be exchanged to wristbands.
Advance Wristband Exchange
Advance wristband exchange location will be announced closer to the festival. Weekend Festival is R18 festival, you must prove your age when picking up your wristband. Bring a valid ID with a photo for wristband collection. You can only exchange your own wristband and it will be attached straight to your wrist. Weekend Festival is not liable for lost or broken wristbands.
Accessibility and assistants
The assisted person needs a regular ticket for the event. The personal assistant can enter the festival area free of charge in the company of the assisted person. The personal assistant does not need their own separate ticket, and will get a wristband at the festival gate. The assisted person and their personal assistant can use the VIP entrance together. If necessary, the need for assistance must be proven with e.g. a disability or escort card or other official certificate.
The festival area is accessible, excluding the raised Diamond tribune. There are accessible viewing platforms in front of the Main Stage and the Future Stage. There are disabled toilets next to the platforms.
Payment Methods
At Weekend Festival, you can pay by card, mobile contactless payment (e.g., Google/Apple Pay), or cash.
Lost and Found Items
Lost and found items discovered during the event will be taken to the info desk on the festival grounds. After the event, the items will be delivered to the lost and found office.
Safety
Any kind of bullying, violence or hate speech is not welcome at Weekend Festival. If you experience a feeling of insecurity at the festival or witness inappropriate behavior, please notify the nearest security officer. We want to offer everyone a positive and friendly environment, which is why we have zero tolerance for this kind of activity.
Weekend Festival reserves the right, without refund of any part of the ticket purchase price, to remove customers from the area or deny access to the area, if the customers do not comply with the rules of the venue, local legislation, or if their actions are considered illegal or offensive by the festival management or the subcontractor responsible for security.
Customers will go through a security check when entering the event. The customer is responsible for personal injuries caused by themselves, or to others before, during or after the start of the festival in the festival area.
Security check
All festival customers go through a security check every time they enter the gates of the festival area. All bags are checked before entering the festival area.
Permitted items
• Empty 0.5l transparent water bottle (plastic)
• Backpacks and bags (max. volume 18 liters)
• Cameras (max. 70mm lens)
• GoPro
• Medicine (prescription included)
• Chocolate bars, etc. for justified reasons
• Sun screens
• Binoculars
• Makeup
• Hand sanitizer (max 100 ml)
Prohibited items
• System cameras (over 70mm lens)
• Laptops, tablets
• Video cameras
• Umbrellas
• Selfie sticks / tripods
• Bicycles, kick and skateboards
• Glass bottles, jars and cans
• Alcoholic products and narcotic substances
• Firearms, bladed and percussion weapons
• Multipurpose tools
• Explosives
• Attention vests/jackets
• Snacks (small snacks, e.g. bar allowed)
• fireworks, torches, lasers
• Thick chains
• Animals
• Picnic chairs, prams and strollers
• Flag poles and banners
In addition to this, the distribution of various posters and flyers, as well as crowd surfing, are prohibited in the festival area. The organizers have the right to ban other items as well if they consider it appropriate.
First aid
Weekend Festival is prepared for accidents and minor damages. There is a comprehensive first aid station and competent first aid personnel in the festival area. You can find the exact location of the first aid station on the regional map published closer to the event. The festival’s own first aid team can patch up small wounds right on the spot and can provide first aid in the festival area. If you need help, approach any of the festival staff, first aid workers or security personnel. The festival’s first aid station can be found on the festival’s map, which will be published closer to the event. The most important advice – take care of your friends and be kind to other festival goers.